Fast "High Speed" Burners

[daveamkrayoguy]

Which ranges had them...

 

I'd read that the frequent use of electric ones mainly because of the high wattage this type of burner would have to carry, would most-likely burn out first...

 

Gas ones, on the other hand, would be able to handle their constant use, and my two gas ranges I have owned gave me the convenience I would need & use my Power Burner more than any other, even regulating the heat enough that, besides it chiefly used for quick boiling, I never ever scorch or burn my food...

 

And what were some of the names given to these burners?

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[parunner58]

Dave, my mother in-law's Frigidaire front left was a high speed 6 inch element.

My 14 year old GE Profile, has the front left dual element 6" and 9" labeled as "Power Boil" 3,100 watts. It is my go to burner so it gets used hard. That is my GE cooktop picture and the full range is very similar to my mother in-law's.

 

[joeekaitis]

 

Your typical present-day 4-zone induction stove/cooktop has two equal-size equal-wattage zones on the left.  On the right: a large "stock pot" zone up front and a small zone behind.  Each pair share a power management module, which is why the instructions usually advise that you use the Power Boost setting first to bring a pot or pan up to temp, then lowering to your desired cooking setting before using the other zone on the same side of the cooktop.  If you need to speed-heat two vessels, put one on the left and one on the right, but that's a rare situation.

 

Essentially, all four zones have "high-speed" capability.

 

[circlew]

My 1953 Westinghouse range has the 6" "Super Corox" high speed unit. My mom had it replaced sometime in the late 1950's, and it failed again by the early 1970's. That time it wasn't repaired. We thought about replacing the unit with a standard one, but were told the control switch would also have to be replaced, as it is different.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Yes, there's the Westinghouse Super Corox, or to me, Speed Corox, which I thought it was called, Frigidaire's Speed Heat, and the Speed Thrift on a recently seen JC Penney Penncrest... (made by GE, but I wonder if there was such on the manufactured for JCP, General Electric & Hotpoint ranges)

 

Temperature Controlled burners I'd seen as Frigidaire's Heat Minder, GE's Sensi-Temp, and a gas range from a long time ago, that I thought was a Roper, had a Temp-Trol...

 

Some ranges had one of these "special" burners (most likely the temperature controlled) while others had both...

 

I recall seeing a Speed Flex, and my gas ranges would be dubbed Power Burner (my Samsung's is called that) or Super Boil, or Power Boil, or something like that...

 

 

 

 

 

-- Dave